There are many statues of
Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...
, including:
Monumental statues
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Christ the King
Christ the King is a title of Jesus in Christianity referring to the idea of the Kingdom of God where Christ is described as being seated at the right hand of God.
Many Christian denominations consider the kingly office of Christ to be one o ...
'' in
Świebodzin
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,
Poland
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, is the tallest Jesus statue in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Christ the Redeemer'' in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Christ the King
Christ the King is a title of Jesus in Christianity referring to the idea of the Kingdom of God where Christ is described as being seated at the right hand of God.
Many Christian denominations consider the kingly office of Christ to be one o ...
'' is another very famous statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in
Almada
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, overlooking the city of
Lisbon
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Portugal
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.
Many other monumental statues of Jesus, include:
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Cerro del Cubilete in Guanajuato, Mexico
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Cerro de los Ángeles
The Cerro de los Ángeles (''Hill of the Angels'') is a hill located in Getafe, Spain, about south of Madrid. The site is famous for being the geographic centre of the Iberian Peninsula. On top of the hill there is a fourteenth-century monaste ...
on a hill located in Getafe, Spain
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Christ at El Picacho
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in the north area of Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras
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Christ Blessing'' in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Christ of Havana'' in Havana, Cuba
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Christ of the Abyss'' in various underwater locations
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Christ of the Mercy'' in the city of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
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Christ of the Ozarks'' in Arkansas, United States
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Christ of the Sacred Heart above the town of El Morro, near the city of Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico
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Christ of Vũng Tàu in Vung Tau city, Vietnam
*Le Christ Roi,
Dog River,
Matn District
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Lebanon
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Christ the Redeemer of the Andes
''Christ the Redeemer of the Andes'' () is a monument high in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes at 3,832 metres (12,572 ft) above mean sea level on Argentina–Chile border, the border between Argentina and Chile. It was unveiled on 13 ...
'' (Argentina/Chile)
* Cristo Blanco, atop
Pukamuqu in the Cusco Region of Peru
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Cristo de la Concordia'' in Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Cristo de las Noas'' in Torreón, Mexico
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Cristo della Minerva'' by Michelangelo, in Rome
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Cristo del Otero
The ''Cristo del Otero'' (Christ of the Knoll) is a large sculpture and symbol of the city of Palencia in Spain, located on a knoll (''otero'') on the outskirts of the city. Another name, much less popular, is the Monument to the Sacred Heart of ...
'' on the outskirts of the city of Palencia in Spain
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Cristo del Pacífico in Lima, Peru
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Cristo Redentore Christ the Redeemer of Maratea, Italy
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Cristo Rei, Lubango in Lubango, Angola.
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Cristo Rei, Madeira in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira
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Cristo Rei of Dili
The ''Cristo Rei of Dili'' (Christ the King of Dili) statue (, ) is a colossal statue of Jesus Christ situated atop a globe at Cape Fatucama in Dili, Timor-Leste. It is one of East Timor's main tourist attractions.
The statue was designed, ...
in Dili, Timor-Leste
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Cristo Rey (Colombian statue)
''Cristo Rey'' (English: Christ the King) is a statue 26 meters tall located in the ''Cerro de los Cristales'' (Hill of the Crystals) in the village of Los Andes, west of the city of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The hill is so named because ...
in the village of Los Andes, west of the city of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
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Cristo Rey (Mexican statue) in Silao Municipality in Guanajuato, Mexico
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Divine Mercy Shrine (Misamis Oriental)
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in El Salvador, Misamis Oriental,
Philippines
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* Heart of Jesus (Foişorul "Inima lui Isus") near
Lupeni, Harghita
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, Romania
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Jesus de Greatest'' in Abajah village in Imo State, Nigeria
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King of Kings
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'' (defunct) near Monroe, Ohio, in the United States
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Lux Mundi'' near Monroe, a replacement of King of Kings
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Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo
Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo () is a monument located on Plaza El Salvador del Mundo (The Savior of the World Plaza) in San Salvador City, El Salvador. It consists of a statue of Jesus Christ standing on top of a global sphere of planet ...
in San Salvador City, El Salvador
* Risen Christ on top of
Tombol Hill in
Rosario, Batangas, Philippines
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Statue of Jesus in Mansinam Island, West Papua, Indonesia
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Sacred Heart of Jesus (Roxas, Capiz) in Roxas, Capiz in the Philippines
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Sagrat Cor de Jesus in Ibiza, Spain
* Statue of Jesus Christ,
Ghosta,
Lebanon
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Statue of Jesus in Saidnaya, Syria
* Statue of Jesus Christ on top of the
Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor in Barcelona, Spain
* Statue of the Holy Son in
Wolmyeongdong, South Korea
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Statue of Jesus Christ at Buntu Burake Hill, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
* Jesus Blessed Sibea-bea or more often referred to as the Statue of Jesus in Sibea-bea,
Samosir
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North Sumatra
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, Indonesia, a statue monument with a height of 61 meters.
* Statue of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Merauke, South Papua, Indonesia
Others
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Bambino Gesu of Arenzano
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Batlló Majesty
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Black Nazarene
''Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno'' (), officially and liturgically known as Jesús Nazareno, and popularly known as the Black Nazarene (; ), is a life-sized dark statue of Jesus Christ carrying the True Cross. The venerated image is enshrined in ...
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Buddy Christ
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Chocolate Jesus
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''Christ and St. Thomas'' (Verrocchio)
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Christ of the Abyss''
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Christ of the Lanterns
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Christ of the Ohio''
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''Christus'' (Indianapolis)
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''Christus'' (statue)
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''Corpus'' (Bernini)
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Cristo de La Laguna
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Cristo de Tacoronte
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Cristo della Minerva
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''Cristo Negro'' (Portobelo)
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''Crucifix'' (Michelangelo)
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The Dead Christ''
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''The Deposition'' (Michelangelo)
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Divino Niño
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Fisherman's Memorial (Palacios, Texas)
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Gero Cross
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Holy Face of Lucca
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Holy Infant of Good Health
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Homeless Jesus
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Infant Jesus of Mechelen
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Infant Jesus of Prague
The Infant Jesus of Prague (: ) is a 16th-century wax-coated wooden statue of the Child Jesus holding a ''globus cruciger'' of Spanish origin, now located in the Discalced Carmelite Church of Our Lady of Victories in Malá Strana, Prague, C ...
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Kristu tal-Baħħara
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Lamentation over the Dead Christ'' by
Donatello
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, c. 1455-1460
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Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo
Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo () is a monument located on Plaza El Salvador del Mundo (The Savior of the World Plaza) in San Salvador City, El Salvador. It consists of a statue of Jesus Christ standing on top of a global sphere of planet ...
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Nazareno de Achaguas
* ''Niño Dios'' (
Child Jesus images in Mexico)
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Niñopa
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Palestrina Pietà
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The Parable''
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''Pietà'' (Gregorio Fernandez)
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''Pietà'' (Michelangelo)
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Replicas of Michelangelo's ''Pietà''
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''The Resurrection'' (Fazzini)
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Rondanini Pietà
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Rood of Grace
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Sacred Heart of Jesus (Indianapolis)
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Sagrat Cor de Jesus
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Santo Bambino of Aracoeli
The Santo Bambino of Aracœli ("Holy Child of Aracœli"), sometimes known as the Bambino Gesù di Aracœli ("Child Jesus of Aracœli") is a 15th-century Roman Catholic devotional replicated wooden image enshrined in the titular Basilica of Santa M ...
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Holy Infant of Atocha
Holy Infant of Atocha, ''Santo Niño de Atocha'', ''Holy Child of Atocha'', ''Saint Child of Atocha'', or ''Wise Child of Atocha'' is a Roman Catholic image of the Christ Child popular among the Hispanic cultures of Spain, Latin America and th ...
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Santo Niño de Cebú
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Santo Niño de Tondo
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Santo Niño de Arévalo
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Señor de las Tribulaciones
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Señor de los Temblores
* Señor de Los Cielos (Tlaltenago, Zacatecas, Mexico)
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The Servant Christ''
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Veiled Christ''
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Virgin and Child from the Sainte-Chapelle
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Well of Moses
The Well of Moses (French: ''Puits de Moïse'') is a monumental sculpture recognised as the masterpiece of the Dutch artist Claus Sluter (1340–1405–06), assisted by his nephew Claus de Werve. It was executed by Sluter and his workshop i ...
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Depiction of Jesus
The depiction of Jesus in pictorial form dates back to early Christian art and architecture, as aniconism in Christianity was rejected within the ante-Nicene period.Philip Schaff commenting on Irenaeus, wrote, 'This censure of images as a Gnos ...
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Life of Christ in art
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Life of Christ Museum
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Pietà
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